{"id":20443,"date":"2025-08-01T14:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T21:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=20443"},"modified":"2025-11-23T14:23:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:23:49","slug":"mexico-makes-biometric-identifier-mandatory-for-all-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=20443","title":{"rendered":"Mexico makes biometric identifier mandatory for all citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"byline\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-18T15:57-0500\">Jul 18, 2025, 3:57 pm EDT<\/time>\u00a0|\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/author\/mashaborak\">Masha Borak<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mexico has officially introduced a digital identification system by signing a law that turned the previously optional <strong>biometric-based citizen code<\/strong> into a mandatory document for all citizens.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Last month, legislators approved amendments to a law related to the 18-character personal identifier, known as Unique Population Registry Code (<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/tag\/unique-population-registry-code-curp\">Clave \u00danica de Registro de Poblaci\u00f3n \u2013 CURP<\/a>), with the change formalized on Wednesday through a decree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The mandatory CURP will contain personal and biometric information, including a photograph and a QR code containing biometric fingerprint and iris data. The identifier is expected to be introduced gradually to all Mexicans by <strong>February 2026<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The government has also allowed the consolidation of the citizen codes into a single identity platform that will be connected to other state databases and administrative records. According to the decree, the Ministry of the Interior and the Digital Transformation Agency must create a<strong> Unified Identity Platform<\/strong> within 90 days, while public and private institutions will be required to update their system to recognize the identifier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The country also plans to kick-start a national program to collect <strong>biometric data from children and adolescents within 120 days<\/strong>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/mexicobusiness.news\/policyandeconomy\/news\/curp-biometric-reform-approved-alongside-11-new-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to news outlet Mexico Business.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CURP raises surveillance suspicions<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The first CURP was issued in 1996, allowing both citizens and residents to use it in tax filings, company records, schools, passport applications and other government services. The biometric version of the code\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/202501\/mexican-state-biometric-population-registry-sees-high-acceptance\">began rollout<\/a>\u00a0at the beginning of 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Privacy advocates, however, have viewed the introduction of the mandatory biometric ID with suspicion, raising concerns that the CURP will lead to surveillance and data security issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The new law, for instance, does not require authorities to inform citizens when their data is viewed or accessed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThis puts us in a massive surveillance ecosystem with no provisions to identify wrong use of data, data breaches, identity theft, or acts of corruption,\u201d Jos\u00e9 Flores, director of digital rights group R3D,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.context.news\/digital-rights\/will-mexicos-new-biometric-id-card-harm-digital-privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0Context News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CUPR could also allow Mexico to establish data-sharing agreements with other countries, including a deportation deal with U.S. law enforcement agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rights groups such as Article 19 believe that the ID will give intelligence services access to data without restrictions or transparency. Mexico\u2019s national security agencies, such as the National Intelligence Centre and the National Guard, are among the government bodies that will gain access to the biometric data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The government says that the misuse of sensitive data, including biometrics, is regulated by existing data privacy laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cA wiretap can only be approved by a judge, according to the Constitution and the law,\u201d Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said at the beginning of July.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Unified Identity Platform will be\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/202506\/mexico-debates-centralizing-biometric-citizen-codes-to-search-for-missing-persons\">able to connect<\/a>\u00a0to the National Registry of Missing and Unlocated Persons and the National Forensic Data Bank, allowing the country to combat the alarming trend of disappearances, according to the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/202507\/mexico-makes-biometric-identifier-mandatory-for-all-citizens\">https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/202507\/mexico-makes-biometric-identifier-mandatory-for-all-citizens<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 18, 2025, 3:57 pm EDT\u00a0|\u00a0Masha Borak Mexico has officially introduced a digital identification system by signing a law that turned the previously optional biometric-based citizen code into a mandatory document for all citizens. Last month, legislators approved amendments to a law related to the 18-character personal identifier, known as Unique Population Registry Code (Clave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1029,1018,904,998,994,850,1002,811,1040,8,1003,891,1042],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-antenna-arrays","category-biochip","category-ehealth","category-graphene-nanomechanical-system-nems","category-identity-rfid","category-iont-internet-of-nano-things","category-mexico","category-nano","category-nano-machine","category-rfid","category-unique-population-registry-code-curp","category-wban","category-wireless-sensor-nano-networks-wnsn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20444,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20443\/revisions\/20444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}